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Nothing about the fashion world’s $5000 bags is practical. It’s 99% status signaling

• bigyabai 11mo ago
  > It’s 99% status signaling So is buying a $5,000 laptop. Much like shoes and bags, a kernel of practical demand quickly grows into an unlimited demand for vain materialism.
  • Razengan 11mo ago
    > So is buying a $5,000 laptop. No they actually do shit
    • bigyabai 11mo ago
      So does a $5,000 bag. 99% of owning a $5,000 laptop is virtue signalling.
      • wiredpancake 11mo ago
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  • morshu9001 11mo ago
    I don't like either of these two worlds. Yes, plenty of people will buy an expensive laptop/desktop that's only ever used to run benchmarks. If anything I could admire the $5K bag more if it's actually nicer than the cheaper ones, but a lot of the time it's not.